A woman returns to her charred home after a fire at a slum area in Manila, the Philippines, July 2, 2025. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali) Residents search for their belongings as they return to their charred ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- The ghetto called Aroma reeks of putrefying trash collected by its residents for recycling. Half-naked children with grimy faces play on muddy dirt roads lined by crumbling ...

SHOTLIST MANILA, PHILIPPINES MARCH 18, 2020 SOURCE: AFPTV 1. Pan right packed houses at a slum near the river 2. Aerial shot slum area beside the river 3. Mid shot children playing at a slum house 4.

The slums of Manila, the capital of the Philippines, are among the most densely populated places on the planet: By some estimates, in some neighborhoods, more than 200,000 people live in a single ...

According to Global Wealth Report 2015, half of world’s wealth is now in the hands of 1% of population. In Manila, the Philippines’s capital, there is also a deep divide between the rich and the poor.

Two hundred meters from my home is a community of informal settlers. Their houses, mostly made of flimsy materials, stand in stark contrast to those of people who live in posh subdivisions. The ...

A resident throws a bucket of water at burning shanties at a community of informal settlers engulfed by a fire in Catmon, Malabon city, metro Manila, Philippines, on Wednesday. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco ...

Manila, the Philippines’ capital, is the most densely populated city in the world. Over the years, its population has swelled as people have arrived from the countryside seeking a better life, but ...

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